Hodge integration by parts in arbitrary degree

ID: hodge-integration-by-parts-in-arbitrary-degree

On a closed oriented Riemannian manifold, let have degree and degree . The graded Leibniz rule and Stokes theorem give . The codifferential convention , combined with the square of the Hodge star, gives . This proves that the codifferential is the formal adjoint of the exterior derivative. A boundary requires the corresponding boundary term or specified boundary conditions.

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